System Service Discovery through built-in Windows Utilities

Detects the usage of commonly used system service discovery techniques, which attackers may use during the reconnaissance phase after compromising a system in order to gain a better understanding of the environment and/or escalate privileges.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

winlogbeat-*
logs-endpoint.events.*
logs-windows.*
endgame-*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References: None

Tags:

Elastic
Host
Windows
Threat Detection
Discovery
Elastic Endgame

Version: 1

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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process where event.type == "start" and
  (
  ((process.name: "net.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "net.exe" or (process.name : "net1.exe" and not process.parent.name : "net.exe")) and process.args : ("start", "use") and process.args_count == 2) or
  ((process.name: "sc.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "sc.exe") and process.args: ("query", "q*")) or
  ((process.name: "tasklist.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "tasklist.exe") and process.args: "/svc")
  )

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Discovery
- ID: TA0007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/
Technique:
- Name: System Service Discovery
- ID: T1007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1007/

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